One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out.

We really were a very musical family. In spite of the fact that we were so poor when I was a youngster that supper was often just a bowl of bread and milk, Father somehow managed to squeeze out enough pennies to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument too.

To be granted some kind of usable talent and to be able to use it to the fullest extent of which you are capable - this, to me, is a kind of joy that is almost unequaled.

Sounds always fascinated me.

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.